The prince is no longer a man

After the two of them came out from Tingxue Pavilion, Duan Jingxun was still brooding about the opera just now.

Especially Ning Shiqing, Duan Jingxun frowned, and asked him to understand, what does it mean to call Pei Rong here?

Reminds me of the drama I just watched

Duan Jingxun's face darkened, and he turned around and asked Pei Rong, "When did you become so familiar with Ning Shiqing?"

Looking at Duan Jingxun's face, Pei Rong knew that Duan Jingxun hadn't gotten over what happened just now, but he had already said what he should have said just now, since Duan Jingxun didn't like Longyang so much, Pei Rong had a thought and thought of teasing him.

Pei Rong coughed dryly, cleared his throat, and replied solemnly: "Love comes from drama."

"Because of drama?"

The corner of Duan Jingxun's mouth curled up into a smile, his eyes darkened: "What's the relationship between you and him, tell me?"

Pei Rong was unaware of the imminent danger, and imitated the gestures of the young students on the stage: "Ning Shiqing and I are both drama idiots, and as soon as we saw each other—"

Before the fingers joined together, Duan Jingxun interrupted him forcefully, and firmly held Pei Rong's wrist.

"Pei Rong, you'd better stop talking."

When Pei Rong had the upper hand on a rare occasion, he couldn't help feeling complacent, and asked deliberately: "Then the prince let me say it, or didn't he let me say it?"

"That depends on whether you are telling the truth or lying."

Duan Jingxun's eyes were deep and quiet, and Pei Rong felt a guilty conscience of being seen through.

Once a person has a guilty conscience, he will put on a show on the surface, so Pei Rong asked a series of questions in a guilty conscience: "How does the prince know that what I said must be a lie? Could it be that Ning Shiqing and I can't make love through drama?" ?”

Duan Jingxun's eyes dimmed, and his words were extremely complacent: "Of course not."

Pei Rong: ...

Very well, Duan Jingxun completely blocked his train of thought.

Maybe because he saw that Pei Rong was just making fun of it, Duan Jingxun shook his head helplessly: "I don't know what you've been thinking all day."

Pei Rong was still upset in his heart, so he decided to choke Duan Jingxun, and opened his mouth: "I miss you."

Duan Jingxun was stunned: "Miss me?"

It's just that Pei Rong regretted it as soon as he said it, and he had to say this because he had to say this, and was about to change his words and say "I miss the almond cake in your palace", when Duan Jingxun raised his face, with an expression of preaching to him .

"In the future, there is no need to say such things outside!"

It was obviously a slightly harsh tone, but when Duan Jingxun said it, there was no shock at all, and then he turned around and left with wind on his feet.

Pei Rong hadn't seen Duan Jingxun's deflated appearance yet, seeing Duan Jingxun's unwillingness to stay for a moment, he blinked suspiciously.

Just go, why are your ears still red?

Duan Jingxun did not go back to the East Palace, but went to Huo Qin's residence.

When Huo Qin saw him, he noticed that Duan Jingxun's cheeks were slightly red, but he was most concerned about today's situation, and asked, "What's wrong with Ning Shiqing today?"

Duan Jingxun drank two cups of tea in a row before the heat in his heart subsided a little: "Ning Shiqing? What's wrong with him?"

Prince, what happened?

Huo Qin was surprised, and asked: "Prince, didn't you be invited by Ning Shiqing to listen to Xuege today?"

"That's right," Duan Jingxun patted his head before realizing, "That's what happened."

Duan Jingxun's reaction made Huo Qin feel more and more wrong, and asked seriously: "So did you find anything today?"

After a brief pause, Duan Jingxun said firmly, "Yes."

"How? What does the prince know?"

"Pei Rong told me today..."

Seemingly embarrassed by what he was about to say next, Duan Jingxun coughed dryly and said, "He said he missed me."

Huo Qin:?

After listening to Duan Jingxun, Huo Qin understood what happened today.

"The crown prince is saying that Ning Shiqing actually invited you and Pei Rong to the theater today?"

Duan Jingxun seemed to only remember this matter with all his heart and eyes, and repeated: "Yes, after reading it, Pei Rong said he missed me."

Huo Qin: ...

No, that's not the point.

However, it can be seen that Duan Jingxun's views on Ning Shiqing are not wrong, otherwise Duan Jingxun would not be able to remember these things carefully.

"By the way, Prince, I just received news from Qingyun Temple."

With the empress temporarily losing power, Duan Jingxun originally planned to go to Qingyun to look for Taoist Qingjing. He had an intuition that there seemed to be some kind of connection between Taoist Qingjing and Pei Rong that he didn't know about.

It's just that Taoist Qingjing has been in seclusion a while ago, so this matter was delayed. Hearing the news of Qingyun Temple, Duan Jingxun immediately asked: "But what did Taoist Qingjing say?"

Huo Qin looked a little dignified, and said: "People from Qingyun Temple said that Taoist Qingjing has become a fairy."

As soon as Ning Shiqing returned to the mansion, Prime Minister Ning sat in the main hall with a livid face, as if he had been waiting for Ning Shiqing to come back.

Ning Shiqing seemed to have gotten used to it, he called daddy without emotion, and walked away.

"Stop!" Prime Minister Ning shouted, calling Ning Shiqing to a stop.

Ning Shiqing paused, and asked lightly, "Father, what's the matter?"

Seeing Ning Shiqing's lukewarm attitude, Prime Minister Ning's expression was serious, and he asked in a deep voice: "Someone told me that you have an appointment with the crown prince today?"

"Yes."

Prime Minister Ning's face became more and more ugly, he walked a few steps quickly, and forced himself in front of Ning Shiqing, already angry: "You know that your aunt's grounding was done by the prince, but you still ask the prince to meet, what on earth do you want!"

Ning Shiqing rolled his throat twice, suppressed the emotions in his heart, and explained: "I didn't have any bad intentions for the Ning family when I asked to meet the prince."

"But if you do this, where do you put your aunt, and where do you put the prime minister's mansion!"

When Prime Minister Ning heard the news, he was already angry. Now that he heard Ning Shiqing's explanation, all the conflicts that had been pent up for a long time broke out.

Prime Minister Ning's face was extremely serious, and he sternly reprimanded: "The emperor valued you so much at first, and I also hoped that you would become an official in the court and keep my Ning family's honor and favor alive."

"But you are lucky. You don't even want to take part in the imperial examination. You have failed the emperor's expectations in vain. What have you learned from those saints? Don't you understand the principle that if you learn well, you will be an official?"

"Father, I told you a long time ago that I will not enter an official career in this life."

"You don't want to be an official, but look at what you've been doing now. You hang out at fireworks venues all day long, and you still compose those unappreciated operas. Do you want to ruin your life!"

"Father, an actor is contemptible in the eyes of the world, but he is clean, and the filth of the officialdom makes people drown. Which one is ruined?"

"The officialdom is filthy? Do you know how many people want to join the court!"

Prime Minister Ning slapped the table heavily, with a cold face, and angrily said: "You never listen to me, I asked you to make friends with Sheng Yuan, the second son of the cabinet bachelor, but you don't listen, you just want to get acquainted What will your aunt think if word of that idiot who went to meet the crown prince at this juncture is heard!"

After Prime Minister Ning finished speaking sharply, his breathing became short of breath, his chest heaved violently, as if the illusion of father-son union for many years was completely exposed at this moment.

Ning Shiqing looked indifferent, smiled slightly, and asked back: "But Dad, do you know why I like to listen to opera?"

"I don't want to be an official, let alone be an official. I just want to travel thousands of miles, see the mountains and rivers, and live my life freely and freely."

"But I'm not a free and easy person, because I can't abandon my father. Sometimes I can't help but wonder, if you didn't become the prime minister, would everything be different?"

"It is said that life is like drama, and drama is like life. I have no way to choose my own life. Why can't I indulge in opera and compose a song to my heart's content?"

"I don't want to hear any more of your nonsense," Prime Minister Ning asked with a gloomy face, "at this juncture, are you going to enter the court or not?"

Ning Shiqing shook his head: "Father, why do you need to ask again?"

"Okay, okay," Prime Minister Ning said three good words in a row, already extremely angry, "Then you should stay in your room. When your aunt comes out, you can only come out!"

In the Kunning Palace, in just a few days, the queen's face was no longer as delicate as before. She smashed a teacup heavily, and said sharply, "I can't even make tea well. What's the use of my palace raising you!"

All the palace servants knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, calm down!"

Eunuch Li drove the palace people away with a wave of his hand, and persuaded the queen in a low voice: "Your Majesty, why do you bother with these palace people, it's not worth it to be angry."

The queen sneered: "That's right, I still have to take care of myself, so I can't let Duan Jingxun see the joke."

When Duan Jingxun was mentioned, Eunuch Li's expression was serious, and he said, "Your Majesty, Duan Jingxun's move completely broke the skin with you."

"That's right, the child has grown up and has thought, but Ben Gong was bitten by him. I really underestimated him."

"Since you are disobedient, what is your plan?" Eunuch Li lowered his voice and asked.

The queen lowered her eyes and fiddled with her nails thoughtfully: "If I had a second son by my side, Duan Jingxun wouldn't be the only one in the family."

When Eunuch Li heard this, he asked in a deep voice: "There are still five princes in the palace, could it be that the empress wants to...?"

"You don't think it's right?" Seeing Eunuch Li's doubts, the queen asked.

"Your Majesty's move is very good," Eunuch Li quickly understood the reason, and said, "The fifth prince has lived in Ganquan Palace for a long time, and because of Si Tianjian's words, he has been treated coldly. If the empress can keep the fifth prince by his side, he will be grateful, Obedience to the queen."

"Furthermore, the servant heard that the fifth prince and the crown prince had a quarrel, which is the best thing. The most important thing is that the fifth prince's biological mother is dead, which saves a trouble compared to Duan Jingxun back then."

The queen's eyes turned cold when she heard the words: "This palace said that you are not allowed to bring up that matter again!"

"You talkative slave!" Eunuch Li immediately knelt down on the ground and slapped himself heavily: "Please calm down!"

"Okay, get up," the queen waved her hands, and said, "It's fine to know what's rotten in your stomach."

Eunuch Li wiped his forehead and asked tentatively, "Have you already made plans?"

The queen thought for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "You send someone to check on the fifth prince first, and then report to the palace when you come back."

"This palace has already been tricked once, and I will definitely not let the fifth prince become the second Duan Jingxun."

The author has something to say: The prince can only say hello, but when it comes to love affairs, he is not as good as my nephew who just started kindergarten